High-tech, high-touch recruitment: an oxymoron?

A combination of factors has diluted the recruitment experience and created a confluence of elements similar to a perfect storm. Recruitment has morphed from a high-touch experience to a high-tech process. Though we can't go back to those halcyon pre-Internet days, we do need to find a better a...

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Published in:Nursing economic 2008-07, Vol.26 (4), p.270-279
Main Author: Hart, Karen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Candidates
Customer services
Employee recruitment
Evaluation
Health care industry
Health facilities
Hiring
Human resource management
Humans
Internet
Internet - organization & administration
Interprofessional Relations
Interviews
Interviews as Topic - methods
Job Application
Job requirements
Nurse Administrators - organization & administration
Nurse Administrators - psychology
Nursing
Nursing Staff - psychology
Nursing Staff - supply & distribution
Personnel Selection - organization & administration
Quality of care
Recruitment
Resumes
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Summary:A combination of factors has diluted the recruitment experience and created a confluence of elements similar to a perfect storm. Recruitment has morphed from a high-touch experience to a high-tech process. Though we can't go back to those halcyon pre-Internet days, we do need to find a better approach than our current technology-based, fragmented recruitment process. The ideal recruitment scenario would be a marriage of high tech and high touch. We must drive the technology, not let the technology dictate our process.
ISSN:0746-1739